Eric Florack on December 12th, 2007

Hume, last night:

Climate scientists from three American universities have published peer-reviewed research indicating global warming cannot be affected or modified by controlling the emission of greenhouse gases — and that current greenhouse computer models saying otherwise are wrong. The

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davidl on December 12th, 2007

Congratulations to Representatives elect Rob Wittman, Virginia and Rob Latta, Ohio.  Michelle Malkin has more;  

John, Power Line, comments:

Much like the Republicans of 1994, the Democrats post-2006 are misinterpreting the “mandate” the voters gave them last year.

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Eric Florack on December 11th, 2007

I note where Rory Leishman has stood up to defend Mark Steyn.

I n a flagrant attack on freedom of the press, the Canadian Islamic Congress (CIC) has filed three human rights complaints against Maclean’s magazine and its editor-in-chief, Kenneth

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davidl on December 11th, 2007

Jeanne AssamIt is hard to know where to go on the recent shootings in Colorado.   So I start by saluting the hero Jeanne Asssam.  

Hat Tip:  John, Powerline.

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Eric Florack on December 11th, 2007

Scott at Powerline:

The man who shot up a training center for missionaries and a church in suburban Denver, killing four people and wounding a number of others, has been identified:

A law enforcement official says the deadly rampages

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Eric Florack on December 11th, 2007

OKLAHOMA CITY — (AP)- A wintry storm caked America’s center with a thick layer of ice, blacking out more than 600,000 homes and businesses, and more icy weather was on the way. At least 17 deaths in Oklahoma and Missouri

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davidl on December 10th, 2007

Mrs. William ClintonMrs. Clinton’s remaining supporters believe she is tough, via Memeorandum:

This isn’t an anti-Hillary crowd. She gets high marks for her experience, intelligence and toughness; these qualities, they suspect, are what voters demand.

Mrs. Clinton’s s supporters are

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Eric Florack on December 10th, 2007

We’ve had a bit of Email discussion, more or less centered on my most recent post about Mitt Romney. Specifically, the topic ends up being whether not there is a religious test for high office. As a basis for

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Fellow Swamp Stomper Sister Toldjah, guesting over at Right Wing News:

One of their favorite retired Generals, Major General John Batiste, who appeared in an ad for the anti-war Vote Vets website, and who had an op/ed published on

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From Little Green Footballs:

In 2002, Nancy Pelosi was a member of a bipartisan group that was made aware of harsh interrogation techniques being used with Islamic terrorists in US custody—and the group not only approved of the tactics (including

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Interesting. The New York Times is now reporting that CIA officials were advised not to destroy videotapes of terrorist interrogations:

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 — White House and Justice Department officials, along with senior members of Congress, advised the Central Intelligence

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Eric Florack on December 8th, 2007

Me at Q&O where Dale Franks is properly agonizing over ‘torture’:

Do we really want the government to do “unpleasant, unsavory and sometimes awful things” in the defense of our freedom?

I am amazed that a veteran of our military

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Captain Ed, yesterday:

Dan Bartlett, former White House communications director, won’t keep many friends in the blogosphere after this interview in Texas Monthly. When asked about the relationship between the Bush White House and conservative bloggers, Bartlett responded that, in

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davidl on December 5th, 2007

Mrs. Wiliam Clinton

Seanna Adcox accuses Mrs. Cliuton’s campaign, in effect, of lying:

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton’s support from South Carolina’s black religious leaders may not be quite as extensive as her campaign suggests.

Mean

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davidl on December 4th, 2007

Paul Mirengoff, Powerline, chides Mike Huckabee for foolishly comparing himself to Ronald Reagan.   Paul suggests a far better analogy:

When it comes to foreign policy, Huckabee more closely resembles another former governor, Jimmy Carter. It was Carter, not Reagan,

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